Said Spence: “Growing up, I always knew … the welterweight division and the heavyweight division as the two best divisions in boxing. Perhaps, a viable explanation: welterweights are of seemingly average stature and can aptly blend the speed and dexterity of the smaller weight classes with the power often associated with the bigger weight classes. “I’m not sure why that is, but it seems to be.” “The welterweight division has been consistently filled with fantastic fighters almost nonstop over a long, long period of time,” said veteran boxing broadcaster Al Bernstein, on the call Saturday for Showtime. and Manny Pacquiao, many of whom garnered more mainstream superstardom than their contemporaries in other divisions. Previous occupants of the welterweight division include some of the greatest fighters of all-time: Henry Armstrong, Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns, Pernell Whitaker, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr. “The welterweight division is still a hotbed.”Īlready two of the world’s best pound-for-pound boxers, Spence (28-0, 22 knockouts) and Crawford (39-0, 3o KOs) are also stewards of the welterweight weight class - the most glamorous in boxing, save only for heavyweight, in the modern history of professional prize fighting. “There’s a bright future for the welterweight division in the near future as well with a lot of great talent coming up the rankings. This is going to be a great fight (on) Saturday,” Crawford said. “Welterweight boxing had a lot of great fights in the past. The winner of their superfight Saturday becomes the division’s first undisputed champion in boxing’s four-belt era. But the history Terence Crawford can achieve on Saturday night is beholden to his positioning in the 147-pound division. He debuted as a lightweight and dominated as a junior welterweight. Leonard won in the 14th round by knockout and became the undisputed world welterweight champion. People at the specially constructed outdoor stadium on the tennis courts at Caesars Palace hotel and casino before the long-awaited world welterweight boxing championship between World Boxing Association welterweight champion Thomas Hearns and World Boxing Council champion Sugar Ray Leonard.
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